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Speaker 1: Hey, this is Danny and Samantha, and welcome to Stephane

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Speaker 1: Never Told your production of iHeart Radio, and welcome to

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Speaker 1: another edition of Women Around the World and any I

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Speaker 1: don't have a question today because it's only a small

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Speaker 1: snippet of what has been happening around the world, and

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Speaker 1: I know there's so many things, and we're gonna have

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Speaker 1: to We're gonna have a lot of discussions, I think

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Speaker 1: when it comes to world views of things and as

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Speaker 1: we see things unfolding, especially with things like in Afghanistan,

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Speaker 1: instill in Syria and still happening in Palestine, I think

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Speaker 1: there's a lot that we can talk about that's not

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Speaker 1: typically feminist forward because it's such just overall disasters. But

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Speaker 1: I'm betting just like in any crisis like these, we

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Speaker 1: see uh specific narratives about the women and children in

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Speaker 1: these places, and we actually I know there's been a

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Speaker 1: lot of conversation with Afghanistan what's happening, especially with the Taliban,

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Speaker 1: and we know how very misogynistic the Taliban is in general,

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure we're gonna come back and talk about it,

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Speaker 1: but I did want to talk about someone and celebrate

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Speaker 1: someone who has taken what happened in their area, which

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Speaker 1: was essentially a genocide, and how she is advocating and

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Speaker 1: fighting for other women who are experiencing things that she

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Speaker 1: has gone through. And yeah, we're talking about Nobel Peace

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Speaker 1: Prize winner Nadia Myriad and Nadia Myriad was raised in

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Speaker 1: Cinjar in Iraq, where she lived with her family, and

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Speaker 1: her community in her family was mainly farmers in that

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Speaker 1: area and it wasn't until the invasion or advancing of

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Speaker 1: the Islamic State or ISIS as we know it in fourteen.

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Speaker 1: And as a quick reference, uh, the e z v

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Speaker 1: S are an ethnic and religious group located around northwest Iraq,

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Speaker 1: northwest Syria, and southeast Turkey and have been persecuted for

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Speaker 1: quite some time. And there are no exact numbers as

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Speaker 1: to how many z Ds that are, but inteen it

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Speaker 1: was estimated to be anywhere from five hundred thousand to

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Speaker 1: seven hundred thousand people, and I've also seen numbers where

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Speaker 1: it went up to a million. But because they are

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Speaker 1: scattered and because they haven't persecuted and have been murdered

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Speaker 1: and villainized, we don't have an exact number. Right, So, yeah,

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Speaker 1: Isis invaded Murad's homeland of Sinjar with the intent of

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Speaker 1: ethnically cleansing you CDs in i Rock. They killed hundreds

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Speaker 1: of people at that time, including her siblings and connapped

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Speaker 1: women and young girls, including Murad. It was estimated that

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Speaker 1: at least six thousand, seven hundred d c D women

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Speaker 1: and girls had been enslaved by ISIS and she was

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Speaker 1: held in Mosle where she was abused and tortured. Several

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Speaker 1: months later, Murad was able to escape to her neighbor's

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Speaker 1: home after the home she was held captive in was

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Speaker 1: left unlocked. It was then the neighbors were able to

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Speaker 1: smuggle her out of the Islamic State controlled area and

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Speaker 1: were able to get to the refugee camp in Do

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Speaker 1: Hawk Curtis Stan region. So she was able to move

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Speaker 1: to Germany in twenty fifteen, where she is a current resident,

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Speaker 1: which is great and she has been able to dedicate

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Speaker 1: her life and advocacy for women and people like her.

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Speaker 1: In December off she spoke to the United Nations Security

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Speaker 1: Council about the sexual violence human trafficking in regards to

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Speaker 1: wars and conflicts, and it was the first noted incident

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Speaker 1: of the fact that this is being addressed to the Council,

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Speaker 1: so a huge right there, and she has made it

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Speaker 1: her focus to meet with global leaders in order to

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Speaker 1: bring attention to the continued persecutions against the Yazdi people

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Speaker 1: and to bring attention to the horrific systemic use of

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Speaker 1: sexual violence as a weapon during war. And I know

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Speaker 1: we've talked about this before and we need to come

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Speaker 1: back to that once again, but how it continues to

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Speaker 1: be used as a way of torture during wartime. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: in sixteen year, Ad was represented by A. Mall Clooney

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Speaker 1: to take legal action against ISISL or ISIS commanders, and

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Speaker 1: Cooney said about this at the genocide rape and trafficking

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Speaker 1: by EISL was a bureaucracy of role on an industrial scale,

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Speaker 1: and you're a continued by establishing Nadia's Initiative, which provides

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Speaker 1: advocacy and assistance to victims of genocide and according to

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Speaker 1: the website Nadia's Initiative, it states Nadia's Initiative is on

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Speaker 1: a mission to create a world where women are able

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Speaker 1: to live peacefully and where communities that have experienced trauma

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Speaker 1: and suffering are supported and redeveloped. Nadia's Initiative advocates at

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Speaker 1: the local national international levels for resources and policy change

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Speaker 1: needed to protect and support survivors of sexual violence and

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Speaker 1: rebuild communities in crisis. We collaborate with global leaders, governments,

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Speaker 1: necessary to make positive, meaningful change. Nadia's Initiative works to

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Speaker 1: war to ensure survivors voices are heard. We seek justice

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Speaker 1: through fighting to hold perpetrators accountable for their crimes and

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Speaker 1: to enable survivors to heal and rebuild their lives. Nadia's

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Speaker 1: Initiative also advocates in sure that communities in crisis are

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Speaker 1: security in fragile regions. Currently, we are focusing on efforts

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Speaker 1: on rebuilding Nardia mirads Incestral homeland in Saint Jar, Iraq,

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Speaker 1: which was systematically destroyed by ISIS in fourteen. Your Ad

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Speaker 1: was also appointed the first Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity

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Speaker 1: of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the United Nations in sixteen,

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Speaker 1: and not surprisingly, she has been celebrated for her continued

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Speaker 1: hard work by being awarded with so many accolades, including

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Speaker 1: CD and Iraqi individual to be awarded the Nobel Prize,

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Speaker 1: Association of Spain Peace Prize, and just so many more, right,

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Speaker 1: and if you're interested in learning more of her story,

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Speaker 1: she also released a memoir titled The Last Girl, My

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Speaker 1: Story of Captivity and My Fight against the Islamic State.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, she also is a writer and has many

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Speaker 1: pieces that she has written and contributed two different media

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Speaker 1: and publications, including talking about what's happening with the Yaziti

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Speaker 1: communities during COVID. And she is a fierce advocate if

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Speaker 1: you can't tell by the very small snippet that we

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Speaker 1: are talking about, and continues to fight for women's right

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Speaker 1: in general, but specifically those who are experiencing so much

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Speaker 1: trauma during wartimes or because of the war torn areas.

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Speaker 1: It's obvious that she has a passion and she knows

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Speaker 1: what she's talking about and why she's so fierce about

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Speaker 1: what she is doing. Yes, yes, and you know, I

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Speaker 1: feel like at the end of all of these we

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Speaker 1: get a book that they've written, and we should You're right,

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Speaker 1: we really should. Yeah, I don't know why I didn't

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Speaker 1: think about that before. Yes, it seems obvious, but you

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Speaker 1: know we are. If you listeners have anyone that you

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Speaker 1: as always too, are super producer, Christina. We would read

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Speaker 1: your book if you had one, Christina. Oh yes, oh yes,

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